An Improv Blog!

This is a blog about improv. It is about life. It is about GOING FOR IT.

...not pay attention to the position of the  bottles.  They toppled over creating quite a scene. I did not let fear take over me. I quickly put the bottles upright while repositioning one as if I had done that on purpose.

When studying improv, or doing anything really, we should always keep the wonderful quotes of Martin de Maat in mind. A nurturing improv instructor who played counterpoint to Del Close’s more chaotic and unapologetic approach to improv comedy instruction, Mr. de Maat’s most famous quote is prominently positioned at the entrance of his old workplace, Second City: “YOU ARE PURE POTENTIAL”.

People are curious, they want to know and I want to tell them, is improv for people who can't act?  The answer is yes (as is fitting in an improv blog). 

I thought it would be fun to approach learning improvisation by examining some first lines of dialogue and asking ourselves how we would respond.

A great source of games to play with your kids comes from the tradition of improv comedy.

Sometimes I think about improv classes as (weirdly) playing with reality classes.

I’m going to start publishing weekly highlights from PIP performances, this being the first of those.

I recently decided to do improv again and the experience has been completely different from what I remember as a child improviser.

A list of the very many subjects appropriate for a comedic dispute within an off-the-cuff bit of improv. The Comedic Conflict Improv List.

It is with great pleasure that The Radical Agreement Project Announces the cast list for new Practice Improv Program (or PIP) teams. The...

RA is getting ready to build some new improv teams for its improv practice program, designed for regular RA students who want to take their

Sometimes I watch an improv scene and I get the sense that the people in it are hoping it will be good. I recognize this hope because...

I’m of the opinion that the best, most important book about improv comedy is Truth In Comedy .  Written by Charna Halpern, Del Close and...

An Elf playing a fun round of the classic improv game, Elf Stealth! A game in which an elf avoids lasers, trap doors and nets. Classic!...

So The Radical Agreement Project has an all community meeting coming up on Sunday 11/3 . This is just our second community meeting since...

Hey I wanted to write a little about justifications in improv , specifically how improv justifications act as the central compass of...

A new feature on The Radical Agreement website is The Improv Gym , a page on the site where several training chatbots are available for...

Can I ask you a question? Do you ever ask questions in your improv scenes? Or do you ever answer them? UPDATE ON 6/20/25 - There is an...

Using a classic short form game to focus on heightening and reacting in long form. The last few times I have taught one of The Radical...